Train station, half past 6.
Smallish kid: “Mum! Mum! Mum! Can we stop and buy vegetables?!”
Kid’s brother: ” No!”
Smallish kid: “Mum! Can we buy vegetables, please!”
Kid’s mum: “No. We’re in a hurry to get to <Somewhere>. Wait, what?”
Smallish kid: “Can we buy vegetables?”
Kid’s mum: “What do you want to buy vegetables for?”
… And then they were out of earshot. They didn’t buy anything.
I shall now wonder why the litle kid DID want vegetables.
And which ones